Purdue Today. 150 Years of Giant Leaps

March 8, 2019

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Faculty and Staff News

Faculty and staff email moving to the cloud – what you need to know

During the spring semester, all faculty and staff Exchange email accounts will migrate to Microsoft’s Exchange cloud service. The move will increase individuals’ mailbox sizes to 50 gigabytes – 10 times what most people have now – and offer other advantages.

Things to Do

Faculty invited to President's Colloquia presentation on March 21
CILMAR accepting applications for Mini-Grant Program, Growing Intercultural Leaders program
Faculty, staff and graduate students invited to teach 4-H
Round-Up class

Things to Know

Shifting traffic lanes, limited left turns at State and Grant streets begin 5 p.m. today
Daylight saving time to begin Sunday
PEAP offering discounts for Mega Blast Laser Tag this month
Purdue obituaries
Purdue Today schedule for spring break

In the Spotlight

Boiler Tracks ice cream

Who wants ice cream? Purdue debuts Boiler Tracks
for Purdue’s 150th anniversary

Purdue Dining & Catering on March 1 debuted a new ice cream flavor in honor of Purdue’s sesquicentennial celebration, 150 Years of Giant Leaps. Known as Boiler Tracks, the vanilla ice cream includes a mix of chocolate pieces, toffee and caramel. The ice cream was developed as part of a partnership between Dining & Catering and students in a capstone class in the Department of Food Science.

Additional News

Cybersecurity kit

An all-in-one cyber toolkit for criminal investigations

Cybercriminals can run, but they cannot hide from their digital fingerprints. Still, cybercrimes reached a six-year high in 2017, when more than 300,000 people in the United States fell victim to such crimes. Losses topped $1.2 billion. Now, Purdue University cybersecurity experts have come up with an all-in-one toolkit to help detectives solve these crimes.

chimpanzee

In developing nations,
national parks could save
endangered species

The West African chimpanzee population has declined by nearly 80 percent in recent decades. Habitat loss is threatening their livelihoods across the continent. Purdue research shows protected areas like national parks are effectively preserving not only chimps but many other mammal species in Senegal.

Research

Design treatment of advanced metals producing better sculpting for defense, vehicles and health products

General

Purdue College of Engineering and Indiana University School of Medicine announce Engineering-Medicine partnership

Campus

Major construction complete for Brees Student-Athlete Academic Center renovations
Ismail Center to offer prediabetes presentation

Sports

Kitchel, Phee represent women's swimming and diving at NCAA Championships

Events

This Week's Events
Next Four Weeks
Don't Miss It!
Lectures and Guest Speakers

Other Events

Purdue Agricultural Economics event to feature Land O’Lakes Inc. leader
Climate scientist Hayhoe to address ‘science in a fact-free world’ at Purdue symposium

Purdue in the News

Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world.

The Weather Network: Why the famous ‘Tornado Alley’ is on the move
WLFI: Purdue’s vet school has a larger impact on the community
Inside INdiana Business: Hoosier startup growing in West Lafayette
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